Frederick George BARRY

(1845-1909)

BARRY, Frederick George, a
Representative from Mississippi; born in Woodbury, Cannon County,
Tenn., January 12, 1845; received a limited education; served as a
private in Company E, Eighth Confederate Cavalry, Col. William B.
Wade’s regiment, during the Civil War; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss.; moved to West Point, Miss., in 1873 and continued
the practice of law; member of the State senate 1875-1879; elected
as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4,
1885-March 3, 1889); was not a candidate for renomination in 1888;
resumed the practice of law in West Point, Clay County, Miss.,
where he died May 7, 1909; interment in Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery,
Aberdeen, Miss.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present